Chapter 14

Quinterniones, a name for manuscripts,94Quire, origin of the word,94Quiring in old books,94sqq.; collection by,96sq.R-printer, the, of Strassburg,60Rappresentazioni, illustrated Florentine editions,138Rarity, effect on value of books,7sq.Rastell, John, lawyer-printer,215,222,258— William, printed English plays,215Ratdolt, Erhard, early printer at Venice,69; titlepage to his Calendar,93; his decorative work at Venice,125sq.; at Augsburg,106; colour-printing by,129Rawlinson, Richard, gives manuscripts to the Bodleian,5Raynold, Thomas, his ed. of theBirth of Mankind,280Recuyell of the Histories of Troye,206,254; engraving in Chatsworth copy of Caxton’s,272Redman, Robert, Pynson’s successor,216,222Red printing, difficulty of,86,228sq.; colophons in,92Regiomontanus.SeeMüllerReinhard, Johann.SeeGrüningerRetza, Fran. de, block-book of hisDefensorium,27Reuwich, Erhard, illustrator of Breidenbach’sPeregrinatio,108,115sq.Reyser, Georg, first Würzburg printer,64,269sq.— Michel, first Eichstätt printer,64,269sq.Rheims, English Catholic books printed at,232Richard III, Statute permitting free importation of books into England,209,222Richard, Thomas, printer at Tavistock,226Richel, Bernhard, early printer at Basel, his illustrated books,109,158Ricketts, Charles, the Vale Press books,307Rodericus Zamorensis, illustrated editions of hisSpeculum Humanae Vitae,104,159,162Rodlich, Hieronymus, his illustrated books,193Rogers, Bruce, fine printer,308— William, engraver,284,287Rolewinck, Werner, all his books printed by ther Hoernen,62; Venice editions of hisFasciculus Temporum,126; Seville ed.,161Roman de la Rose, early editions of,160Roman type,88-90Rome, printing at,65,167; book-illustration at,123,268,273,276Rome under the Castle of St. Angelo, spurious imprint,233Rood, Theodoricus, printer at Oxford,76Ross, John, Edinburgh printer,242Rouen early printing,72,146; English books,225,229Ruppel, Berthold, of Hanau, Basel printer,47,60Ruscelli, Jerononimo, hisImprese,277Rusch, Adolf, the R-printer,60; roman type used by,88Rylands, W. H., engraver,296Ryther, Augustine, engraver,282Saint Albans, printing at,76,208,224sq.,253Saint Andrews, printing at,241Saint Omer, English Catholic books printed at,232Saluzzo, book-illustration at,141Sanctis, Hieronymus de, wood-cutter and printer at Venice,127Sanderson, Cobden, fine printing by,306Sandys, George,Relation of a Journey,285Santritter, Johann, illustrator and printer at Venice,127Saragossa, early printing at,75; illustration,162Sarum service-books mostly printed abroad,229; their importation into Scotland forbidden,240Savonarola, Girolamo, illustrated editions of his tracts,133sq.,137Savile, Sir Henry, his press at Eton,234Saxton, Christopher, maps by,282Sayle, C., his catalogue of English books in Cambridge University Library,233Schatzbehalter.SeeStephanSchaüfelein, Hans Leonhard, book-illustrations by,184,188sq.Schedel, Hartmann, hisLiber Chronicarum,117Schilders, Richard, English books printed by,232sq.Schoeffer, Johann, printer at Mainz,58,169— Peter, a witness on the side of Fust,47; his share in the invention of printing,50sq.; books printed by him,53-8; his method of printing,81-6,95; his type,90Schön, Erhard, illustrations by,183Schreiber, W., hisManuel de l’Amateur, quoted,24,100note,114; his block-books,31Schwabacher type,90Scolar, Johannes, printer at Oxford,224; and at Abingdon,226Scoloker, Anthony, printer at Ipswich and London,226Scot, John, Scottish printer,240sq.Scotland, printing in,239-42Secret printing in Elizabeth’s reign,228Segar, Sir W.,Honour, Military and Civil,284Selden, W., his books go to the Bodleian,5Sensenschmidt, Johann, first printer at Nuremberg,63; his illustrated books,108Sessa, family of printers, illustrated books,196Seville, early printing at,75; illustration,161,163Shakespeare, First Folio,8; illustrations to,294sqq.Shrewsbury, printing at,237sq.Siberch, John Laer of, first Cambridge printer,225Sibyllenbuch, early Mainz fragment of,46Sidney, Sir Philip, title-border to 1598 ed. of hisArcadia,266; engraving of his funeral,282Siemen, illustrated books published at,193Signatures of artists or wood-cutters in Italian books,128,194; in German books,194; in French books,157,159Signatures (typographic), first used by Joh. Koelhoff,62; their origin,94; example of collation by,96Silber, Eucharius, printer at Rome,169Simon, “das süsses kind,” woodcuts of his history,103,108Small books,214; stages in their popularity,166,173,178Smith, Richard, book-collector,3Solempne, Antony de, Dutch printer at Norwich,233Sorbonne, first Paris press at the,70; roman type used at,89; persecution of printers by its theologians,174Sorg, Anton, of Augsburg, illustrated books,105Spaces left blank for headings and capitals,85; for illustrations,143Spain, early printing in,74-6,176sq.,224; book-illustration,161-4Spanish Armada, engravings of,282Speculum Humanae Saluationispartly block-printed,26,39; fate of the blocks,40,118; Augsburg ed. of,103; Basel ed. of (in German),109,150; French ed. at Lyons,158Speculum Humanae Vitae.SeeRodericus ZamorensisSpeculum Vitae Christi, Caxton’s edition,252sq.Speier, early printing at,63— Johann of, first printer at Venice,66sq.,89— Wendelin of, successor of Johann,67,89Spenser, Edmund, woodcuts to hisShepheardes Calender,265Spindeler, Nic., illustrated books,162sq.Spoerer, Hans, block-books printed by,25Springinklee, Hans, illustrator,183,188Stagninus, Bernardinus, his illustrated service-books,195Stanheim, Melchior, arbitrator on book-illustrating,63,103Stationers’ Company,221sq.,227,233sq.Steele, Robert, on English books printed abroad,233Stephan, P.,Schatzbehalter,116Steyner, Hans, illustrated books by,185,187Stillingfleet, Archbishop, fate of his library,4Stöffler, Hans, mathematical works by, curiously decorated,189Story, John, Edinburgh printer,240Strassburg, printing at,59sq.,169; book-illustration at,112sqq.,187,190sq.Straten, Dirick van der.SeePlateanusStrawberry Hill, Horace Walpole’s press at,238Stuchs, G., Nuremberg printer,63Stule, Karolus, Edinburgh publisher,240Sturt, John, engraver,294sq.Subiaco, books printed at,65Sweynheym and Pannartz, number of copies in their editions,21note,66; early reference to,34; books printed by,65sq.; their types,88— Conrad, engraves maps for 1478 Ptolemy,66,268Tacuinus, Joannes, Venice printer,69Tate, John, papermaker,212Taverner, John, London stationer,222Tavistock, printing at,226Terence, illustrated editions of,107,112,131,150,160,163,213Theramo, Jacobus de, illustrated editions of hisBelial,121Ther Hoernen, Arnold, second Cologne printer,62Thomas, Thomas, Cambridge printer,235Thomas à Becket, erasure of the service for,260Tillier, Thomas, Chester printer,237Tin, types made of,21noteTitlepage, early examples of,62,93,210Tortosa early printing,75Tory, Geoffroi, printer at Paris,173; hisHorae,156sq.,199Tottell, Richard, London printer,219Tournes, Jean de, father and son, printers at Lyon,174Traut, Wolfgang, illustrator,182,188Trechsel family of printers at Lyon,160,171,174,192sq.Treviso, early printing at,67sq.,70Tuberinus, his account of the death of “das susses kind Simon,” 103,108Tübingen, book-decoration at,189Turberville, George,Booke of Faulconrie,265Turrecremata, Cardinal, illustrated editions of hisMeditationes,114,123Tyndale, W., editions of his New Testament,231Types, characteristics of, in early books,86sq.Ugo (VGO), woodcuts signed,194Ulm early printing,63sq.; illustrated books,106sqq.Ungut and Polonus, illustrated books of,163United States of America, colonial printing in,243-9; modern fine printing,308Updike, Berkeley, fine printer,308Usher, Archbishop, fate of his library,4Utrecht, “Costeriana” attributed to,40,72Utterson, E. V., private printing by,239Valdarfer, Christopher, printer at Venice and Milan,67Valentia, early printing at,74sq.; illustration,162Valturius, R.,De re militari, Verona editions of,123sq.; French version of,200Van der Gucht, Michael, engraver,294Vautrollier, Thomas, printer at London and Edinburgh,221,242Vavassore, Giovanni Andrea, block-printedOpera nova Contemplativaby,21; woodcuts signed z.a., etc., by,194sq.Veldener, Jan, early printer at Louvain, Kuilenburg and Utrecht,40,73,118,119,205Venice early printing,66sq.; book-illustration,125-32,194-7,277Vérard, Antoine, publisher at Paris,147-50; hisHorae,151sq.; his English books,230; his use of old cuts,101,148,160Vergetius, Angelus, French Royal Greek types designed by,172Verona early book-illustration,123sq.Villena, Marquis of,Trabajos de Hercules,161Vincent de Beauvais, hisSpeculum,165Violette, Pierre, Rouen printer,225Virgil, printed by B. Cennini, colophon quoted,80; Grüninger’s,112; Leroy’s,158; Aldine,167; first English,226sq.; Ogilby’s,289; Baskerville’s,300Virginia, early printing in,249Viterbo, good roman type,89Voltaire, edition of his works printed with Baskerville’s type,300Vostre, Simon, books printed by Pigouchet for,150,154sqq.Wächtlin, Johann, illustrator,190Waldegrave, Robert, prints Marprelate tracts,228.Seeprints at Edinburgh,242Wale, Samuel, illustrator,296Walker, Emery, expert in printing,304sqq.Walpole, Horace, private press,238Walther, F., and Hans Hurning, printers of aBiblia Pauperum,25Walton, Izaak, illustrations to hisAngler,296Wandsforth, Gerard.SeeFreezWandsworth, secret press at,228Weiditz, Hans, illustrator,186sq.Wenssler, Michael, Basel printer,60sq.Wesel, Bale’sCatalogusprinted there,226Westphalia, John of, early printer at Alost and Louvain,73; used roman type,89; his woodcut portrait,119White, John, his drawings of Virginia,278— Robert., engraver,289Whittingham, Charles (uncle and nephew), printers,302sq.Wilcocks, William, gave commissions to Wynkyn de Worde,210Williams, Archbishop, gifts of books by,5Wilson, J. D., on English books printed abroad,233Winthrop, John, allusion to printing at Cambridge, Mass.,243Wittenberg, printing at,169; illustrations,190Wolfe, Reyner, Royal painter,218,259Wolgemut, Michael, book-illustrator,116Woodcuts, early, their charm and distinctiveness,15Worde, Wynkyn de, on Caxton’s printing theDe proprietatibus,214sq.; on the St. Alban’s printer,208; onFishing with an Angle,209note; his work as a printer,211sq.; his assessment,222; book-illustrations,253sq.Würzburg, early printing at,64— Missals, engravings in,270Wyer, Robert, London printer,222Ximenes, Cardinal, Polyglott Bible,176York, printing at,225,236sqq.z.a., z.A., woodcuts signed,194Zainer, Günther, first Augsburg printer,62sq.; used roman type,88; his illustrated books,103— Johann, first Ulm printer,63; used roman type,88; his illustrated books,106Zarotus, Antonius, first printer at Milan,68,70Zell, Ulrich, his story of the invention of printing,35; the first printer at Cologne,61Zenger, Joh. Peter, New York printer,248Zinna, thePsalterium B.V.M.printed at,117Zoan Andrea.SeeVavassore,194Zurich, English books printed at,231sq.Zwolle early printing,72; book-illustrations at,122

Quinterniones, a name for manuscripts,94

Quire, origin of the word,94

Quiring in old books,94sqq.; collection by,96sq.

R-printer, the, of Strassburg,60

Rappresentazioni, illustrated Florentine editions,138

Rarity, effect on value of books,7sq.

Rastell, John, lawyer-printer,215,222,258

— William, printed English plays,215

Ratdolt, Erhard, early printer at Venice,69; titlepage to his Calendar,93; his decorative work at Venice,125sq.; at Augsburg,106; colour-printing by,129

Rawlinson, Richard, gives manuscripts to the Bodleian,5

Raynold, Thomas, his ed. of theBirth of Mankind,280

Recuyell of the Histories of Troye,206,254; engraving in Chatsworth copy of Caxton’s,272

Redman, Robert, Pynson’s successor,216,222

Red printing, difficulty of,86,228sq.; colophons in,92

Regiomontanus.SeeMüller

Reinhard, Johann.SeeGrüninger

Retza, Fran. de, block-book of hisDefensorium,27

Reuwich, Erhard, illustrator of Breidenbach’sPeregrinatio,108,115sq.

Reyser, Georg, first Würzburg printer,64,269sq.

— Michel, first Eichstätt printer,64,269sq.

Rheims, English Catholic books printed at,232

Richard III, Statute permitting free importation of books into England,209,222

Richard, Thomas, printer at Tavistock,226

Richel, Bernhard, early printer at Basel, his illustrated books,109,158

Ricketts, Charles, the Vale Press books,307

Rodericus Zamorensis, illustrated editions of hisSpeculum Humanae Vitae,104,159,162

Rodlich, Hieronymus, his illustrated books,193

Rogers, Bruce, fine printer,308

— William, engraver,284,287

Rolewinck, Werner, all his books printed by ther Hoernen,62; Venice editions of hisFasciculus Temporum,126; Seville ed.,161

Roman de la Rose, early editions of,160

Roman type,88-90

Rome, printing at,65,167; book-illustration at,123,268,273,276

Rome under the Castle of St. Angelo, spurious imprint,233

Rood, Theodoricus, printer at Oxford,76

Ross, John, Edinburgh printer,242

Rouen early printing,72,146; English books,225,229

Ruppel, Berthold, of Hanau, Basel printer,47,60

Ruscelli, Jerononimo, hisImprese,277

Rusch, Adolf, the R-printer,60; roman type used by,88

Rylands, W. H., engraver,296

Ryther, Augustine, engraver,282

Saint Albans, printing at,76,208,224sq.,253

Saint Andrews, printing at,241

Saint Omer, English Catholic books printed at,232

Saluzzo, book-illustration at,141

Sanctis, Hieronymus de, wood-cutter and printer at Venice,127

Sanderson, Cobden, fine printing by,306

Sandys, George,Relation of a Journey,285

Santritter, Johann, illustrator and printer at Venice,127

Saragossa, early printing at,75; illustration,162

Sarum service-books mostly printed abroad,229; their importation into Scotland forbidden,240

Savonarola, Girolamo, illustrated editions of his tracts,133sq.,137

Savile, Sir Henry, his press at Eton,234

Saxton, Christopher, maps by,282

Sayle, C., his catalogue of English books in Cambridge University Library,233

Schatzbehalter.SeeStephan

Schaüfelein, Hans Leonhard, book-illustrations by,184,188sq.

Schedel, Hartmann, hisLiber Chronicarum,117

Schilders, Richard, English books printed by,232sq.

Schoeffer, Johann, printer at Mainz,58,169

— Peter, a witness on the side of Fust,47; his share in the invention of printing,50sq.; books printed by him,53-8; his method of printing,81-6,95; his type,90

Schön, Erhard, illustrations by,183

Schreiber, W., hisManuel de l’Amateur, quoted,24,100note,114; his block-books,31

Schwabacher type,90

Scolar, Johannes, printer at Oxford,224; and at Abingdon,226

Scoloker, Anthony, printer at Ipswich and London,226

Scot, John, Scottish printer,240sq.

Scotland, printing in,239-42

Secret printing in Elizabeth’s reign,228

Segar, Sir W.,Honour, Military and Civil,284

Selden, W., his books go to the Bodleian,5

Sensenschmidt, Johann, first printer at Nuremberg,63; his illustrated books,108

Sessa, family of printers, illustrated books,196

Seville, early printing at,75; illustration,161,163

Shakespeare, First Folio,8; illustrations to,294sqq.

Shrewsbury, printing at,237sq.

Siberch, John Laer of, first Cambridge printer,225

Sibyllenbuch, early Mainz fragment of,46

Sidney, Sir Philip, title-border to 1598 ed. of hisArcadia,266; engraving of his funeral,282

Siemen, illustrated books published at,193

Signatures of artists or wood-cutters in Italian books,128,194; in German books,194; in French books,157,159

Signatures (typographic), first used by Joh. Koelhoff,62; their origin,94; example of collation by,96

Silber, Eucharius, printer at Rome,169

Simon, “das süsses kind,” woodcuts of his history,103,108

Small books,214; stages in their popularity,166,173,178

Smith, Richard, book-collector,3

Solempne, Antony de, Dutch printer at Norwich,233

Sorbonne, first Paris press at the,70; roman type used at,89; persecution of printers by its theologians,174

Sorg, Anton, of Augsburg, illustrated books,105

Spaces left blank for headings and capitals,85; for illustrations,143

Spain, early printing in,74-6,176sq.,224; book-illustration,161-4

Spanish Armada, engravings of,282

Speculum Humanae Saluationispartly block-printed,26,39; fate of the blocks,40,118; Augsburg ed. of,103; Basel ed. of (in German),109,150; French ed. at Lyons,158

Speculum Humanae Vitae.SeeRodericus Zamorensis

Speculum Vitae Christi, Caxton’s edition,252sq.

Speier, early printing at,63

— Johann of, first printer at Venice,66sq.,89

— Wendelin of, successor of Johann,67,89

Spenser, Edmund, woodcuts to hisShepheardes Calender,265

Spindeler, Nic., illustrated books,162sq.

Spoerer, Hans, block-books printed by,25

Springinklee, Hans, illustrator,183,188

Stagninus, Bernardinus, his illustrated service-books,195

Stanheim, Melchior, arbitrator on book-illustrating,63,103

Stationers’ Company,221sq.,227,233sq.

Steele, Robert, on English books printed abroad,233

Stephan, P.,Schatzbehalter,116

Steyner, Hans, illustrated books by,185,187

Stillingfleet, Archbishop, fate of his library,4

Stöffler, Hans, mathematical works by, curiously decorated,189

Story, John, Edinburgh printer,240

Strassburg, printing at,59sq.,169; book-illustration at,112sqq.,187,190sq.

Straten, Dirick van der.SeePlateanus

Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole’s press at,238

Stuchs, G., Nuremberg printer,63

Stule, Karolus, Edinburgh publisher,240

Sturt, John, engraver,294sq.

Subiaco, books printed at,65

Sweynheym and Pannartz, number of copies in their editions,21note,66; early reference to,34; books printed by,65sq.; their types,88

— Conrad, engraves maps for 1478 Ptolemy,66,268

Tacuinus, Joannes, Venice printer,69

Tate, John, papermaker,212

Taverner, John, London stationer,222

Tavistock, printing at,226

Terence, illustrated editions of,107,112,131,150,160,163,213

Theramo, Jacobus de, illustrated editions of hisBelial,121

Ther Hoernen, Arnold, second Cologne printer,62

Thomas, Thomas, Cambridge printer,235

Thomas à Becket, erasure of the service for,260

Tillier, Thomas, Chester printer,237

Tin, types made of,21note

Titlepage, early examples of,62,93,210

Tortosa early printing,75

Tory, Geoffroi, printer at Paris,173; hisHorae,156sq.,199

Tottell, Richard, London printer,219

Tournes, Jean de, father and son, printers at Lyon,174

Traut, Wolfgang, illustrator,182,188

Trechsel family of printers at Lyon,160,171,174,192sq.

Treviso, early printing at,67sq.,70

Tuberinus, his account of the death of “das susses kind Simon,” 103,108

Tübingen, book-decoration at,189

Turberville, George,Booke of Faulconrie,265

Turrecremata, Cardinal, illustrated editions of hisMeditationes,114,123

Tyndale, W., editions of his New Testament,231

Types, characteristics of, in early books,86sq.

Ugo (VGO), woodcuts signed,194

Ulm early printing,63sq.; illustrated books,106sqq.

Ungut and Polonus, illustrated books of,163

United States of America, colonial printing in,243-9; modern fine printing,308

Updike, Berkeley, fine printer,308

Usher, Archbishop, fate of his library,4

Utrecht, “Costeriana” attributed to,40,72

Utterson, E. V., private printing by,239

Valdarfer, Christopher, printer at Venice and Milan,67

Valentia, early printing at,74sq.; illustration,162

Valturius, R.,De re militari, Verona editions of,123sq.; French version of,200

Van der Gucht, Michael, engraver,294

Vautrollier, Thomas, printer at London and Edinburgh,221,242

Vavassore, Giovanni Andrea, block-printedOpera nova Contemplativaby,21; woodcuts signed z.a., etc., by,194sq.

Veldener, Jan, early printer at Louvain, Kuilenburg and Utrecht,40,73,118,119,205

Venice early printing,66sq.; book-illustration,125-32,194-7,277

Vérard, Antoine, publisher at Paris,147-50; hisHorae,151sq.; his English books,230; his use of old cuts,101,148,160

Vergetius, Angelus, French Royal Greek types designed by,172

Verona early book-illustration,123sq.

Villena, Marquis of,Trabajos de Hercules,161

Vincent de Beauvais, hisSpeculum,165

Violette, Pierre, Rouen printer,225

Virgil, printed by B. Cennini, colophon quoted,80; Grüninger’s,112; Leroy’s,158; Aldine,167; first English,226sq.; Ogilby’s,289; Baskerville’s,300

Virginia, early printing in,249

Viterbo, good roman type,89

Voltaire, edition of his works printed with Baskerville’s type,300

Vostre, Simon, books printed by Pigouchet for,150,154sqq.

Wächtlin, Johann, illustrator,190

Waldegrave, Robert, prints Marprelate tracts,228.Seeprints at Edinburgh,242

Wale, Samuel, illustrator,296

Walker, Emery, expert in printing,304sqq.

Walpole, Horace, private press,238

Walther, F., and Hans Hurning, printers of aBiblia Pauperum,25

Walton, Izaak, illustrations to hisAngler,296

Wandsforth, Gerard.SeeFreez

Wandsworth, secret press at,228

Weiditz, Hans, illustrator,186sq.

Wenssler, Michael, Basel printer,60sq.

Wesel, Bale’sCatalogusprinted there,226

Westphalia, John of, early printer at Alost and Louvain,73; used roman type,89; his woodcut portrait,119

White, John, his drawings of Virginia,278

— Robert., engraver,289

Whittingham, Charles (uncle and nephew), printers,302sq.

Wilcocks, William, gave commissions to Wynkyn de Worde,210

Williams, Archbishop, gifts of books by,5

Wilson, J. D., on English books printed abroad,233

Winthrop, John, allusion to printing at Cambridge, Mass.,243

Wittenberg, printing at,169; illustrations,190

Wolfe, Reyner, Royal painter,218,259

Wolgemut, Michael, book-illustrator,116

Woodcuts, early, their charm and distinctiveness,15

Worde, Wynkyn de, on Caxton’s printing theDe proprietatibus,214sq.; on the St. Alban’s printer,208; onFishing with an Angle,209note; his work as a printer,211sq.; his assessment,222; book-illustrations,253sq.

Würzburg, early printing at,64

— Missals, engravings in,270

Wyer, Robert, London printer,222

Ximenes, Cardinal, Polyglott Bible,176

York, printing at,225,236sqq.

z.a., z.A., woodcuts signed,194

Zainer, Günther, first Augsburg printer,62sq.; used roman type,88; his illustrated books,103

— Johann, first Ulm printer,63; used roman type,88; his illustrated books,106

Zarotus, Antonius, first printer at Milan,68,70

Zell, Ulrich, his story of the invention of printing,35; the first printer at Cologne,61

Zenger, Joh. Peter, New York printer,248

Zinna, thePsalterium B.V.M.printed at,117

Zoan Andrea.SeeVavassore,194

Zurich, English books printed at,231sq.

Zwolle early printing,72; book-illustrations at,122


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